422 XI.AITT. LEGUMIXOS.I-. 



sutures very thin, and the persistent base of tlie style near the apex of 

 the shorter side of tlie pod. Seeds 6-12, wedge-shnped, | by -j- in., 

 truncate or retuse at the apex, finely reticulato-rugose, and with a 

 transverse ridge across the middle of each face, dark-brown, shining. 

 AVight, Icon. t. 757 ; AViglit & Arn. Prodr. p. 288 ; Aitch. Vb. & Sind 

 Pi. p. 52; Trim. Fl. CevL v. 2, p. 107. Cassia ohovata, Collad. Hist. 

 Cass. (1S16) p. 92, t. 15, A ; Benth. in Trans. Linn. Soc. v. 27 (1871) 

 p. 553; Baker, in Hook. f. Fl. B. I. v. 2, p. 264; Grab. Cat. p. 62; 

 Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 11 (1898) p. 427: AVatt, Diet. Econ. 

 Prod. V. 2, p. 220. Cassia SerDia, Linn. Sp. PI. (1753) p. 377 (in part) ; 

 Dalz. & Gibs. p. 81. — Flowers : Nov.-Feb. A'erx. Bhui-tarvad. 



Koxburgh named the plant C. ohtusa in 1314 (Hort. Beng. p. 31). 

 CoUadon named it C. ohovata in 1816, two years later. There seems no 

 reason why Roxburgh's earlier name should be set aside. 



Deccan: Eliimtluiri district, DaLcIl tf Gihson; Bijapur, WoodrouK Gujarat: 

 alnindiint, Graham. S. M. Country : Dalzell cf- Gihson. Sfnd : Sfoclci. 482 !, Vicary ! ; 

 Hyderabad, Kani/kar ! ; Mirpui-, Kanilkar ! — Distuib. India (Panjab, W. Peninsula) ; 

 Arabia, Egypt, Abyssinia, Nubia. 



A certain amount of trade is done in the leaves in Sind, where the plant grows 

 abundantly. It was the first kind of Senna known, and w;is introduced by the Moors 

 into Europe, wliere 2 or 3 centuries ago it was largely cultivated in N. Italy, Spain, 

 and the south of France. 



9. Cassia holosericea, Frcsen. in Flora (1839) v. 1, p. 54. 

 Suft'ruticose, 1-4 ft. high ; branches subterete, more or less pubescent. 

 Leaves 2-5 in. long ; rhachis densely pubescent, without glands between 

 the leaflets ; petioles |-| in. long : stipides | in. long, linear-lanceolate, 

 very acute, with a small auricle at the base on the side remote from the 

 petiole, rigid, densely pubescent. Leaflets 5-8 pairs, §-1 by -j^-g in. 

 (the upper pair the largest), obovate-oblong, obtuse or retuse, mucronate, 

 clothed on both surfaces with soft velvety pubescence, base obliquely 

 rounded or subacute ; petiolules very short. Flowers in narrow axillary 

 racemes shorter than the leaves ; pedicels very short, densely pubescent. 

 Calyx g in. long, divided to the base; segments oblong, obtuse, mem- 

 branous, veined. Petals | in. long, obovate-oblong, cuneate, shortly 

 claw-ed, yellow, conspicuously reticulate with darker veins. Stamens 10, 

 of which the 3 upper are reduced to small staminodes, the remaining 

 7 perfect, of which the 2 or 3 lower are much the largest. Ovary 

 densely pubescent. Pods 1-1. i by |-| in., flat, thin and papery, 

 recurved, rounded at both ends, velvety-pubescent, slightly turgid, but 

 not lonf^itudinally crested above the seeds, transversely veined and with 

 the persistent base of the style on the shorter side of the pod somewhat 

 remote from its apex. Seeds 4-10, obovoid-cuneate, | by ^ in., retuse 

 at the apex, reticulato-rugose, flattened, glabrous, yellow. Bentb. iu 

 Trans. Linn. Soc. v. 27 (1871) p. 553; Oliver, Fl. Trop. Afr. v. 2, 

 p, 278 ; Prain, in Journ. As. Soc. Beng. v. 66 (1898) p. 476. Semia 

 ovalifolia, Batka, Monogr. Senn. t. 4.— Flowers : Nov.-Jan. 



A^ery closely allied to C. ohovata, for which it is often mistaken and 

 from which it may be distinguished by the pods, which have no longi- 

 tudinal crest down the middle above the seeds, and by the greater 

 amount of pubescence. 



Common in Sind. Sind : Hyderabad, Cooke '., IVoodrow !— Distrir. Tropical Africa, 

 Arabia. 



The leaves of this are sold as Senna in the snme way as tho.«e of the former sj.eciep. 



